"Ba wanda yake da ƙauna mafi girma fiye da wannan, mutum ya bada ransa saboda abokansa." - John 15: 13
LABARAI
1) An gayyato 'yan'uwa da su shiga cikin sadaukarwar soyayya ga majami'un Najeriya.
2) Tallafi daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa jimlar $158,500.
3) Shirin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa yana tsara ƙarin ayyuka tare da Tekun Fasha.
4) An sanar da wadanda suka lashe gasar jawabin taron matasa na kasa.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Zikiri, Buɗe Aiki, da ƙari.
KAMATA
6) Shin Thomas zai yi murabus daga Brethren Benefit Trust.
7) Jeff Boshart ya yi murabus daga shirin Sudan na babban kwamitin.
8) Zachary Wolgemuth an dauki hayar a matsayin mataimakin darakta na Amsar Gaggawa.
9) Enten Eller nada darektan rarraba ilimi a Bethany Seminary.
Abubuwa masu yawa
10) Jerin Tattaunawa 'Tsarowar zagaye na girma.
11) Taron dashen coci yana maraba da masu magana da Fotigal.
12) An shirya kira na daukar ma'aikata zuwa ƙarshen Afrilu.
13) Waƙar Rose Wild and Story Fest don mayar da hankali kan jigo, 'Blossom into Wholeness.'
14) Amana Colonies seminar yana ba da ci gaba da ƙididdige darajar ilimi.
Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” links to Brothers in the news, da links to General Board’s photo albums and the. Taskar labarai. An sabunta shafin a matsayin kusa da kullun. An tsara layin labarai na yau da kullun na gaba a ranar 26 ga Afrilu.
1) An gayyato 'yan'uwa da su shiga cikin sadaukarwar soyayya ga majami'un Najeriya.
Rikicin da ya barke a birnin Maiduguri da ke arewacin Najeriya a watan Fabrairu ya yi sanadiyyar rugujewar wasu gine-ginen coci uku na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brother in Nigeria) gaba daya tare da lalata wasu biyu. Majalisar ta na gayyatar kungiyar da su hada kai wajen yin sadaka na soyayya ga kungiyar EYN domin ta taimaka wajen sake gina gine-ginen cocin a Maiduguri da kuma tallafa wa cocin Najeriya kokarin sulhu da sulhu don magance barakar da ke tsakanin al’ummarta.
“Yayin da muke tafiya tare da Kristi zuwa ga gicciye, muna sane da kabarin da babu kowa a ciki da kuma begen da aka yi alkawari. Mu yi tafiya tare da majami'u a Najeriya, muna tunatar da kanmu bangaskiya guda daya da begenmu ga Kristi yayin da muke sabunta dankon zumuncin mu a matsayin 'yan uwa coci a nahiyoyi daban-daban," in ji Merv Keeney, babban darektan hadin gwiwa na Global Mission Partnerships for the General Board.
Babban Kwamitin ne ya ƙaddamar da wannan tayin a taronta na Maris, inda tayin ya sami $7,723, gami da $5,000 daga Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma, wanda ministan gunduma da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Ron Beachley ya kawo wa taron. Hukumar da sauran mahalarta taron sun kuma rattaba hannu kan wata wasika zuwa ga EYN da ke nuna bukatar tsayawa tare da su a wannan rikici. Wasikar ta karanta, a bangare:
“Muna addu’ar Allah ya jikan mutane da iyalai da aka yi asarar rayuka da jikkata. Muna addu'ar Allah ya warkar da rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin al'ummar Najeriya a wannan mawuyacin lokaci. Muna addu'ar Allah ya karawa shugabanni da 'yan uwa jagorori da fatan Allah ya kara mana jagora yayin da cocin ke fuskantar wadannan munanan barazana. Muna addu'a cewa saƙon Kristi na zaman lafiya da sulhu, wanda cocin Najeriya ya sake dawo da shi a taron majami'un zaman lafiya na Nairobi a shekara ta 2004, ya sami rayayye kuma ya ba duk waɗanda ke cikin EYN ƙarfi su zama kayan aikin zaman lafiyar Kristi.
Ana gayyatar jama'a da su kasance cikin addu'o'i ga coci a Najeriya da kuma gabatar da sadakar soyayya a wannan lokaci na Azumi da Easter. Ana iya yin cak ga “Church of the Brethren General Board” da aka keɓe a kan layin memo na “Ƙaunar Ƙauna-Nigeria Church.” Zai yi kyau idan za a iya aikawa da dukkan kuɗaɗen zuwa ga Babban Hukumar nan da makon farko na watan Mayu, don haka za a iya ba da kuɗin cikin gaggawa a Najeriya.
Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Ƙwararrun Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya a 800-323-8039.
2) Tallafi daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa jimlar $158,500.
Kudade biyu da Cocin of the Brother General Board ke gudanarwa sun ba da jimlar $158,500 a cikin tallafi bakwai na baya-bayan nan don agajin yunwa da bala'i a duniya. Shirin Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya kuma ba da umarnin asusu daga Bankin Albarkatun Abinci zuwa shirin samar da abinci a Sabiya.
Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ba da $50,000 ga Ofishin Jakadancin Agglobe don samar da iri da kayan fim na filastik ga gonaki a Koriya ta Arewa. Kuɗaɗen ba wai kawai na taimakawa wajen haɓaka samar da abinci ba, har ma da inganta yanayin rayuwa da ƙungiyoyin farar hula na mutanen Koriya ta Arewa. An bayar da irin wannan tallafin a shekara ta 2005.
A wani tallafin da ke da alaƙa da shirin Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, an ba da $3,000 ga aikin Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) a Sabiya daga asusun bankin albarkatun abinci na Cocin of the Brothers Foods. Kudin zai taimaka wajen samar da wadataccen abinci ga mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu.
Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya ba da ware dala 40,000 don samar da muhimman magunguna ga kungiyar Asibitin Kirista ta Laberiya, wadda ke murmurewa daga yakin basasa na shekaru. An bayar da tallafin ne a matsayin martani ga roko daga Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc., kuma ya biyo bayan tallafin da aka bayar a baya don taimakawa sake tsugunar da ‘yan gudun hijira da kuma ‘yan gudun hijira 500,000 a Laberiya. Wasu daga cikin kayayyakin jinya za a yi jigilar su daga Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.
An aika da tallafin dala 25,000 daga hukumar ta EDF domin daukar nauyin jinya ga Falasdinawa a asibitin Augusta Victoria da ke birnin Kudus. Ba zato ba tsammani gwamnatin Isra'ila ta dakatar da bayar da tallafi ga cibiyar kula da cutar daji daya tilo ga Falasdinawa. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen samar da dialysis, radiation, chemotherapy, endoscopy, da maganin kai da wuya. Tallafin yana goyan bayan roko na CWS.
Adadin dala 20,000 daga EDF yana tallafawa aikin farfadowa da kuma ba da kayan agaji bayan ruwan sama mai ƙarfi da ambaliya a Angola. Bala'in ya bar mutane sama da 41,000 sun rasa matsuguni. Kuɗaɗen za su taimaka wajen samar da abinci, barguna, filasta, kayan aikin likita, da gadaje na asibiti. Ana ba da tallafin don tallafawa roko na CWS.
Wani rabon EDF na dala 15,000 ya ci gaba da tallafawa aikin Ɗaukar Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa a Ohio yana aikin dawo da ambaliyar ruwa. An fara aikin a watan Yuni 2005 kuma kwanan nan an ƙaura zuwa birnin Caldwell. Ana sa ran za a ci gaba da aikin a cikin bazara, kuma zai yiwu a cikin bazara. Abubuwan da aka ware a baya ga wannan aikin jimlar $35,000.
EDF ta ba da dala 5,000 bayan guguwar bazara ta kwanan nan ta kawo guguwa, ƙanƙara, da lalata zuwa jihohi takwas a Amurka. Wadannan kudade suna tallafawa aikin Rarraba Rarraba da Matsalolin Farfadowa daga CWS, da kuma samar da kayan aiki da tallafin iri.
Wani rabon EDF na dala 3,500 bayan zaftarewar kasa ta binne wani kauye na Philippine. Kuɗaɗen za su taimaka wajen ba da agajin gaggawa ga iyalai 500, waɗanda suka haɗa da abinci, magunguna, iri, kayan aikin gona, da kayan sake ginawa don amsa kiran Sabis na Duniya na Coci.
Don ƙarin game da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa duba http://www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm/EDF.htm. Don ƙarin game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya duba http://www.brethren.org/genbd/global_mission/gfcf.htm.
3) Shirin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa yana tsara ƙarin ayyuka tare da Tekun Fasha.
"Bisa la'akari da babbar buƙata ta wannan lokacin guguwa da ta gabata, abu ɗaya ya bayyana a fili-mafi girma cocin yana son yin ƙari," in ji wata sanarwa ta kwanan nan daga Ofishin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Babban Hukumar. Ma'aikatan Ba da Agajin Gaggawa sun kasance suna yin tunani, addu'a, mafarki, da kuma fahimtar yadda za a faɗaɗa martanin guguwa na Tekun Fasha na Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
Bayan da aka ba da cikakken bayani ga taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a watan Maris game da yiwuwar sabon aiki a yankin Gulf Coast, ma'aikatan suna ci gaba da tsare-tsaren da suka hada da kafa ƙarin ayyuka tare da Tekun Gulf, da kuma nazarin yiwuwar gina gidaje na yau da kullum ga wadanda suka tsira daga bala'i. "Wannan yunƙurin zai buƙaci masu gudanar da ayyuka na dogon lokaci, ƙungiyoyin ayyukan sa kai masu gudana, rukunin masana'anta' na gida, da ƙarin motoci da kayan aiki," in ji shirin. Daraktan ayyukan bala'i na sa kai Mike Walker ya yi balaguron tantancewa a kudancin Mississippi don gano ƙarin wuraren aikin.
A halin yanzu, ’yan’uwa masu aikin sa kai na Ba da Agajin Bala’i suna aiki a ginin gidaje, yin rufi, da manyan ayyukan gyare-gyare a yankin Lucedale, Miss. Lambobin Gine-gine a Mississippi suna ba da damar ma’aikatan wutar lantarki da masu aikin famfo da ba na gwamnati ba su yi aiki, don haka shirin zai iya amfani da ’yan sa kai. tare da waɗannan basira.
Ana ci gaba da sake gina wasu ayyukan 'yan'uwa guda biyu da ke ci gaba da ba da amsa ga bala'i a Pensacola, Fla., Ana sake ginawa bayan guguwar Ivan da Dennis, tare da masu aikin sa kai suna yin babban gyare-gyare na gidajen da iska da ruwa suka lalata; kuma a Ohio, inda aikin dawo da ambaliya biyo bayan munanan ambaliya guda uku a cikin kaka da hunturu na 2004-05 a watan Maris daga Belmont County zuwa Caldwell, a cikin Noble County. Aikin Ohio zai rufe a ƙarshen Afrilu.
A wani labarin agajin bala'i, shirin Ma'aikatun Hidima na Babban Kwamitin ya ci gaba da jigilar kayan agaji zuwa Tekun Fasha. Kayayyakin kwanan nan zuwa yankin Gulf sun haɗa da katuna 17 na Gift of the Heart School Kits (nauyin 1,190 fam) wanda aka tura zuwa New Orleans; da barguna, Kyaututtukan Zuciya, Kayan Makaranta, da Kayan Kiwon Lafiya, buckets na tsabtace gaggawa, da gogewar hannu da fuska (nauyin kilo 2,669) zuwa Baton Rouge.
Sauran jigilar Ma'aikatun Sabis na kwanan nan sun tafi Arewacin Dakota don waɗanda suka tsira daga ambaliyar ruwa (bukatun tsabtace gaggawa 50 masu nauyin fam 950), zuwa Missouri sakamakon guguwar bazara (kwantuna 20 na barguna da bales 34 na barguna masu nauyin kilo 4,168), da Zimbabwe (pallets 32). na kayan aikin jinya da aka bayar masu nauyin kilo 19,277).
Don ba da gudummawa don Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa ko don ƙarin bayani game da buɗewa don daraktocin ayyukan bala'i na dogon lokaci, sabon aikin gida na yau da kullun, da sauran damar sa kai da suka shafi ƙoƙarin Tekun Gulf, tuntuɓi ofishin Amsar Gaggawa a 800-451-4407 ko imel ersm_gb@brethren.org.
4) An sanar da wadanda suka lashe gasar jawabin taron matasa na kasa.
Majalisar Matasa ta Kasa ta sanar da mutane uku da suka yi nasara a gasar Jawabin Matasa ta 2006 (NYC): Allen Bowers, Jamie Frye, da Chrissy Sollenberger. Dukkan matasan uku za su gabatar da jawabansu a yayin bikin ibadar safiyar Litinin a NYC, ranar 24 ga Yuli a Fort Collins, Colo.
An haifi Allen Bowers kuma ya girma a Woodstock, Va. An yi masa baftisma a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1996, kuma zai kasance 17 a watan Mayu. Ya halarci Cocin Antakiya na ’yan’uwa a Woodstock, Va., kuma shi ne shugaban ƙungiyar matasa na ikilisiya. Bowers ya yi magana a majami'u da yawa a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata.
Jamie Frye tana zaune a McPherson, Kan., Inda ita mamba ce ta Monitor Church of the Brothers. Faɗuwar gaba za ta zama sakandare ta biyu. Tana son shiga ayyukan hidima, gami da sansanin aiki a Honduras tare da Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma da aikin Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa a Mississippi.
Chrissy Sollenberger daga Annville, Pa., kuma tana halartar Majami'ar Mount Wilson Church of the Brothers a Lebanon, Pa. Ita karamar makarantar sakandare ce kuma editan jaridar makaranta. Sollenberger shi ne babban wanda ya ci kyautar gasa ta rubutun matasa ta mujallar “Manzo” ta 2005.
Don ƙarin bayani game da taron matasa na ƙasa, gami da cikakkun tarihin rayuwar masu magana, ziyarci http://www.nyc2006.org/.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Zikiri, Buɗe Aiki, da ƙari.
- Gyara: Daidaitaccen ranar Ranar Duniya ta 2006 ita ce Asabar, Afrilu 22. Ofishin Shaidun ’Yan’uwa/Washington yana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin gida su yi bikin Ranar Duniya a ranar Lahadi, 23 ga Afrilu, ko kuma kowace Lahadi kusa da wannan ranar.
- Charles Luther Baldwin, mai shekaru 87, ya mutu a ranar haihuwarsa, 30 ga Janairu, a gidan Retirement na Grace Village da ke Winona Lake, Ind. Shi da matarsa, Naomi, sun yi hidima a matsayin Cocin ‘yan mishan a Najeriya daga 1953-55 da 1957- 61. Sun yi hidima a ƙauye mai nisa na Chibuk, inda Charles ya yi aiki da rukunin majami’u da wuraren wa’azi da kuma makarantu. Baldwin ya kasance mai hidima da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. An haife shi a shekara ta 1919 a Wenatchee, Wash., Kuma ya auri Naomi Nora Roller a shekara ta 1940. Baya ga hidimar mishan, ya yi aiki a Cocin Timbercrest na Gidan Brethren, Inc., a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; a matsayin mai kula da 'yan mata Scout kuma mai ba da shawara a Camp Ella J. Logan kusa da Syracuse, Ind.; kuma a matsayin direban bas na makaranta don Makarantun Wawasee Community. Ya kuma yi hidima a matsayin mai baƙo na cocin sa kai na Cocin Syracuse na ’yan’uwa kuma ya ba da baƙon mimbari ga ikilisiyoyi da yawa. Wadanda suka tsira baya ga matarsa akwai ’ya’ya maza Charles F. Baldwin na Winona Lake, Ind., da Terry Lee Baldwin, fasto na Cocin Silver Creek Church of the Brother a Pioneer, Ohio; 'yar'uwar Alice Newcomer; jikoki hudu; kuma babban jika daya. An tsara abubuwan tunawa don Evangelism Explosion International ko Makarantar Bible ta Chibuk a Najeriya, kula da Cocin Silver Creek Church of the Brothers.
- Cocin of the Brother General Board yana neman mai kula da taro na Ofishin Jakadancin Alive don cika cikakken lokaci, matsayi na wucin gadi daga Mayu ko Yuni 2006 zuwa Mayu 2007. Wannan “mai sa kai ne na shirin,” Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa, ko matsayi na ƙwararru a Elgin, Ill. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da tsarawa da daidaita taro na gaba na Mission Alive a cikin Afrilu, 2007, tare da tuntuɓar kwamitin tsarawa; amfani da software na bayanai; daidaita masu magana, abubuwan da suka faru, da dabaru don taron; yin hidima a matsayin abokin hulɗa don rajista; da ayyukan ofis na gaba ɗaya. Ƙwarewa da ilimin da ake buƙata sun haɗa da ƙwarewar kwamfuta na asali, salon sadarwa mai tasiri kuma mai daɗi, ilimin Ikilisiya na imani da aiki, da fasaha wajen yin aiki da kansa da ɗaukar himma. Ƙwarewar da ake buƙata da ilimi sun haɗa da tsarawa da tsara abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin aiki ko yanayin sa kai, da ƙananan digiri na abokin tarayya ko horo ko kwarewa daidai. Aika wasiƙar murfin kuma ta ci gaba zuwa ranar 5 ga Mayu zuwa Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Ikilisiyar Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 259; mgarrison_gb@brethren.org.
- Ma'aikatan mishan na Brazil Greg da Karin Davidson Laszakovits suna nan don raba abubuwan da suka faru tare da ikilisiyoyi. Ma’auratan sun kammala wa’adin hidima tare da Cocin of the Brother General Board, suna aiki tare da ’yan uwan Igreja da Irmandade (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Brazil). Yin hidima a matsayin wakilan Brazil na ofishin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya, sun rayu tsawon shekaru biyu da rabi a yankin Sao Paulo. A lokacin zamansu a Brazil, sun koyi harshen Fotigal kuma sun fara danginsu na 'yan mata biyu. A halin yanzu dangin suna zaune a Lebanon, Pa. Za su yi magana a Midland (Va.) Church of the Brother on May 7. Don tsara ziyarar Lahadi a Afrilu 23 ko 30 ko Mayu 21, ko don tsara ziyarar tsakiyar mako. tuntube su a 717-867-1806 ko kdlaszakovits@juno.com.
- A taronta na Maris, Hukumar Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta amince da fadada iyakokin shirin bayar da tallafin jinya da take gudanarwa don hada da samar da ci gaba da bayar da tallafin ilimi ga memba na Gidajen Yan'uwa. Za a ba da tallafi na adadin $1,000 ga cibiyoyin ritaya na Brotheran’uwa a kowace shekara. Kowane wurin aiki dole ne ya nemi la'akari da shirin. Tuntuɓi Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa a 800-323-8039 don ƙarin bayani.
- Flowing Faith Project, sabon ci gaban coci kusa da Greensboro, NC, ya yi bikin bukin soyayya na farko a ranar 11 ga Afrilu.
- An shirya aikin gwangwani na nama na Kudancin Pennsylvania da Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika don Afrilu 17-20 da Afrilu 24-27, bisa ga wasiƙar gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania. Manufar wannan shekara ita ce sarrafa fam 85,000 na kaza don rarrabawa ta hanyar hukumomin agaji na gida, ma'aikatun agaji na Kirista, da Cibiyar Hidima ta Brothers da ke New Windsor, Md.
- Membobin Cocin 'Yan'uwa biyu suna cikin tsofaffin ɗaliban Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) shida da za a karrama a ƙarshen Makon Ƙarshen Tsofaffi na shekara-shekara 21-22 ga Afrilu. Mary Hooker Weybright, memba na Nokesville (Va.) Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma memba na hukumar Brethren Housing Corporation, za ta sami lambar yabo ta Ripples Society. Anne Haynes Price, wanda a cikin 1980 ya taimaka wajen kafa Kula da Yara na Bala'i, zai sami lambar yabo ta Yamma-Whitelow don Sabis na Jin kai. Har ila yau, Farashin yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Hukumar Agaji na Gidajen Hillcrest a La Verne, Calif., Memba ne na Hukumar Ilimin Kirista a Cocin La Verne na 'Yan'uwa, kuma mai aiki ne a cikin shirin Ma'aikatar Sulhunta na Kan Duniyar Aminci. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Ofishin Alumni a 540-828-5451.
- Kolejin Manchester za ta tono filin bazara don sabuwar Kwalejin Kwalejin a cikin Afrilu 20 na farko da zai fara da karfe 3:30 na yamma Kwalejin da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., za ta karya kasa kan canjin dala miliyan 7.5 na tsarinta na titin Gabas. Kamar sauran manyan ayyukan gine-gine na dala miliyan 72 na makarantar “Mataki na gaba!” gangamin tattara kudade, kwalejin tana biyan sabon kungiyar ba tare da bashi ba, in ji sanarwar manema labarai. Babban ɗan kwangilar shine Michael Kinder da Ɗan Fort Wayne. Ana sa ran ginin zai ɗauki watanni 18, tare da kammala ginin har azuzuwan faɗuwar shekara ta 2007. Don ƙarin duba http://www.manchester.edu/.
- Groundbreaking don sabon Pinecrest Grove a Pinecrest Community, Cocin of the Brothers Rere Center a Dutsen Morris, Ill., zai faru Afrilu 19 a 9 am Bikin zai hada da jawabai kamar Illinois Congressman Don Manzullo da State Wakilin Jerry Mitchell, tare da jami'an birni da gundumomi da shugabannin Pinecrest. Pinecrest Grove wani yanki ne mai girman eka 22 don raka'o'in rayuwa guda 42 da duplex don masu ritaya masu shekaru 55 "kuma mafi kyau," in ji Pinecrest a cikin sanarwar manema labarai. An gayyaci al’umma zuwa wajen taron, kuma cibiyar tana shirin daukar hotuna daga iskar jama’ar da ke taruwa. Don ƙarin bayani kira 815-734-4103.
6) Shin Thomas zai yi murabus daga Brethren Benefit Trust.
Will Thomas ya yi murabus daga ma’aikacin Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) bayan ya shafe kusan shekaru bakwai a hukumar a wasu ayyuka. Murabus din nasa ya fara aiki a ranar 31 ga Yuli. Ya karbi matsayin malami a fannin lissafi a Jami'ar Jihar Minnesota ta Kudu maso Yamma a Marshall, Minn.
Thomas ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan ayyukan sabis na abokin ciniki na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa, yana aiki tare da sarrafa kadara da abokan ciniki da aka jinkirta, kuma ya rubuta wasiƙar "Hanyar Zuba Jari" kowane wata. Ya kasance yana da alhakin kulawa da kiyaye dangantaka tare da manajojin saka hannun jari takwas na BBT, tsara jadawalin bita na kwata da na shekara, da kuma nazarin sakamakon kowane manajan akan ingantattun ma'auni na masana'antu.
Bugu da kari, ya yi aiki a matsayin babbar murya ta BBT don manufofin saka hannun jari na zamantakewa ciki har da shawarwarin masu hannun jari na BBT a cikin 2002, 2003, da 2004 waɗanda suka tambayi Yum! Alamun don hana shan taba a gidajen cin abinci na kamfanoni. Duk da cewa masu hannun jari ba su amince da waɗannan kudurorin ba, kasancewar an gabatar da batun ga iyayen kamfanin Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's, A&W All American, da KFC ya sa kamfanin a 2005 ya sanar da cewa yana hana shan taba a gidajen cin abinci na kansa. kuma za ta yi aiki don kawar da shan taba a cikin gidajen cin abinci na masu hannun jari. Ya kasance wakilin BBT a Cibiyar Kula da Haƙƙin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin addinai, tsawon shekaru biyar da suka wuce yana aiki a hukumar gudanarwa tare da shekara guda a matsayin kujera, a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa.
Thomas ya kuma taimaka wajen kafa Asusun Haɓaka Zuba Jari na Al'umma na BBT, zaɓin saka hannun jari ga membobin Gidauniyar da Tsarin Fansho wanda ke taimakawa ba da kuɗaɗen ci gaba zuwa yankuna masu karamin karfi na manyan biranen; kuma ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga Ƙungiyar Sadarwa ta BBT a matsayin babban marubuci da edita.
7) Jeff Boshart ya yi murabus daga shirin Sudan na babban kwamitin.
Jeff Boshart ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na darekta na sabuwar gwamnatin Sudan Initiative of the Church of the Brethren General Board, domin samun wasu damammaki. Yana shirin kammala aikinsa a tsakiyar watan Mayu.
Boshart ya yi aiki a wannan sabon aikin tun ranar 30 ga Janairu na wannan shekara. Shi da matarsa, Peggy, a baya sun yi aiki a matsayin masu gudanar da ayyukan ci gaban tattalin arziki a Jamhuriyar Dominican daga 2001-04 ta hanyar Babban Hukumar. Ya kuma yi aiki da Educational Concern for Hunger Organisation Inc. a Najeriya da kuma ci gaban aikin gona a Haiti.
8) Zachary Wolgemuth an dauki hayar a matsayin mataimakin darakta na Amsar Gaggawa.
Zachary Wolgemuth ya karɓi matsayin mataimakin darekta na Amsar Gaggawa, shirin na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Zai fara aikin ne a ranar 24 ga Afrilu.
Wolgemuth ya kawo baya a aikin agaji na mishan na ketare, daidaita ayyukan gine-gine a Guatemala, da sake ginawa a Puerto Rico da Jamhuriyar Dominican. A halin yanzu shi ne mai kula da shafi na Habitat for Humanity. Haɗe da digiri a Ilimin Fasaha daga Jami'ar Millersville, ƙwarewarsa ta haɗa da koyarwa da manyan ƙungiyoyin sa kai.
A halin yanzu shi da matarsa, Annie, suna zaune a Manheim, Pa., kuma za su yi shirin ƙaura zuwa yankin New Windsor (Md.). Zai yi aiki daga Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor. Iyalin na Chiques Church of the Brothers ne a Manheim.
9) Enten Eller nada darektan rarraba ilimi a Bethany Seminary.
Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany ta nada Enten Eller a matsayin darektan Ilimin Rarrabawa da Sadarwar Lantarki, mai aiki da Yuli 1.
A 1991 wanda ya kammala karatunsa na Bethany kuma 1983 ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), Eller ya kasance yana aiki a matsayin Fasto, malami, kuma a wurare daban-daban na fasahar sadarwa da suka hada da horo da tallafin kwamfuta ga Majalisar Majami'u ta New Sudan da Majalisar Afirka duka. na Coci. Kwanan nan ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji na Red Cross na Amurka don amsawar Hurricane Katrina a cikin sadarwa da ayyukan kwamfuta, kuma ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Aminci na Duniya da Ma'aikatar Sulhunta.
Eller zai koma makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind., Daga La Verne, Calif., Inda shi ke da shi kuma babban mai ba da shawara na Eller Computer Services, kuma mai shi da mai kula da Gidan Salama International House, wurin zama na ɗalibai na duniya.
10) Jerin Tattaunawa 'Tsarowar zagaye na girma.
Dogayen jerin abubuwan horarwa na gida don sabon tsarin koyarwa na makarantar Lahadi Tara 'Zagaye: Ji da Rarraba Bisharar Allah, ana samun su a http://www.gatherround.org/ (danna kan "Abubuwan Horowa"). Gidan yanar gizon yana kuma ba da jerin albarkatun da za a iya saukewa don masu horarwa kamar alamun shafi, fosta, da fliers na talla.
Ana gudanar da taron horarwa don manhajar karatu tare da 'yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network suka buga a duk faɗin Amurka da Kanada. Dukansu a buɗe suke ga 'yan'uwa da membobin Mennonite, ba tare da la'akari da ƙungiyar da ke ɗaukar nauyin abubuwan da suka faru ba.
A gidan yanar gizon, ana jera abubuwan horo ta jiha ko lardi. An riga an jera wasu al'amura 100, kuma ana sa ran za a ƙara su yayin da ake shirin ƙarin abubuwan. Don ƙarin bayani kira Gather 'Round project office a 800-323-8039.
11) Taron dashen coci yana maraba da masu magana da Fotigal.
An sanar da ƙarin jagoranci don taron dashen cocin "Almakashi, Takarda, Dutse: Kayan aiki, Rubutu, da Shaidu a cikin Shuka Ikilisiya," Mayu 20-23 a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind. Marcos Inhauser daga Igreja da Irmandade (Church of Church of Church). 'Yan'uwa a Brazil) da kuma wani wakilin cocin Brazil zai ba da jagoranci.
Inhauser zai kawo ra'ayinsa game da jagorantar sabuwar coci zuwa wanzuwa, yana neman cika ƙa'idodin 'Yan'uwa da Anabaptist ta hanyar manufa, shaida, da aiki. Zai danganta tushen tushen tauhidi da na Littafi Mai-Tsarki na cocin da ke tasowa a Brazil, da kuma nasarori da gwagwarmayar shigar da firistoci na dukan masu bi cikin al'adar da ba ta dace da irin wannan gaskiyar ba.
"Cocin Amurka suna da abubuwa da yawa da za su koya daga cocin da ke tasowa a Brazil game da abin da ake nufi da bin Yesu da dasa majami'u a cikin yanayin al'adu masu ƙalubale," in ji Jonathan Shively, darektan Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci, wanda ya ziyarci makarantar. majami'u a Brazil.
An tsawaita rajistar taron har zuwa ranar 1 ga Mayu; bayani yana a www.brethren.org ko http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/. Sabon Kwamitin Ci gaban Ikilisiya na Cocin of the Brother General Board ne ya dauki nauyin taron tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Brethren da Makarantar Bethany.
12) An shirya kira na daukar ma'aikata zuwa ƙarshen Afrilu.
Zaman lafiya a Duniya ya shirya kiran sadarwar yanar gizo ga wadanda ke aiki kan dakile daukar sojoji a ranakun 20 da 26 ga Afrilu.
"Ga wadanda ba su shiga a baya ba, kiran wuri ne mai kyau don raba abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin saduwa da ku tare da masu daukar ma'aikata ko yin aiki tare da matasa game da al'amurran da suka shafi soja," in ji Matt Guynn, mai kula da zaman lafiya na zaman lafiya a Duniya. "Yawanci muna da mahalarta takwas zuwa goma sha biyu daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar-California zuwa Nebraska zuwa Michigan zuwa Maryland. Kowannensu yana samun damar rabawa da neman shigarwa ko shawara. Ko a halin yanzu kuna aiki ko a'a, yana da kyau a ji yadda ƙungiyoyi daban-daban ke tunkarar lamarin da kuma samun ɗan ƙarfafawa."
Za a bayar da kiran a ranar Alhamis, 20 ga Afrilu, da karfe 7:30-9 na yamma agogon gabas, da kuma ranar Laraba, 26 ga Afrilu, da karfe 11 na safe-12:30 na yamma agogon gabas. Amsa zuwa mattguynn@earthlink.net. Idan amsa, da fatan za a nuna kowane takamaiman mayar da hankali ko tambaya don tattaunawa.
13) Waƙar Rose Wild and Story Fest don mayar da hankali kan jigo, 'Blossom into Wholeness.'
Sansanin dangi na shekara-shekara wanda Ƙungiyar Aminci ta Duniya ta ɗauki nauyin zai faru a Yuli 5-11 a tafkin Camp Pine kusa da Eldora, Iowa, bayan taron Cocin 'Yan'uwa na Shekara-shekara. "Wild Rose Song da Labari Fest: Blossom into Wholeness!" za a fara ranar da taron ya ƙare, 5 ga Yuli, kuma ya ƙare a safiyar Talata, 11 ga Yuli, a sansanin mai tazarar mil 70 arewa maso gabashin Des Moines.
Sansanin iyalai da mutanen kowane zamani sun ƙunshi mawaƙa ’yan’uwa da masu ba da labari da ke jagorantar gobara, tarurrukan bita, kide-kide, tarurrukan gama gari, ba da labari, raye-rayen jama’a, da ibada. Wannan shine rani na goma ga sansanin. A Duniya Zaman lafiya yana ba da jagoranci da tallafin gudanarwa.
Za a iyakance shiga ga mutane 125 na farko da suka yi rajista. "Samu rajistan ku nan ba da jimawa ba," in ji darekta Ken Kline Smeltzer. "Ina fatan wani babban Fest," in ji shi. "Mike Stern zai dawo, Button-Harrisons suna aiki don yin kide-kide, sabbin masu shigowa LuAnne Harley da Brian Kruschwitz za su dawo, da kuma wakilanmu Jim da Peg Lehman, Bill Jolliff, Jonathan Hunter, Debbie Eisenbise, Sue Overman, Kathy Guisewite, Barb Sayler, Bob Gross…. Bugu da ƙari, ƙungiyar bluegrass na gida za ta taimaka mana mu sami stompin' a cikin raye-rayen buɗe ido na dare."
Rijista da kudade manya ne $160, tare da rangwamen kuɗi na yara da matasa, matsakaicin kuɗin kowane iyali $500. Ana samun ƙasidar kan layi da bayanin rajista a www.brethren.org/oepa/SongandStoryFest2006.html.
14) Amana Colonies seminar yana ba da ci gaba da ƙididdige darajar ilimi.
“Sauran Rafi: Madadin Siffofin Radical Pietism” dama ce ta ci gaba da ilimi ga malamai, ɗaliban hidima, da sauransu. Taron karawa juna sani na Yuli 5-6 a Amana, Iowa, ya biyo bayan taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Des Moines. Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Hidima da Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist ne ke bayarwa.
Mahalarta taron za su yi nazarin tasirin tsattsauran ra'ayi a kan 'yan'uwa ta hanyar nazari na Amana Colonies, gidan Al'umma na Haƙiƙa na Gaskiya wanda ya kasance tare da hulɗa tare da 'yan'uwa na farko a Turai. Al'ummar sun zo Amurka da yawa fiye da 'yan'uwa kuma suka zauna a Iowa, inda suka haɓaka ƙauyuka da yawa waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin al'umma ta gari har zuwa tsakiyar karni na ashirin.
Za a fara taron karawa juna sani da karfe 3 na yamma ranar 5 ga watan Yuli tare da rangadi a gidan tarihi na Amana Heritage Museum. A ranar 6 ga Yuli mahalarta zasu hadu a Cocin Amana. Shugabannin za su hada da David Eller, Wally Landes, Jim Benedict, da Jeff Bach daga Cocin Brethren, da Lanny Haldy da Peter Hoehnle daga kungiyar Ikilisiyar Amana.
Kudin shine $80, kuma ya ƙunshi shiga cikin Gidan Tarihi na Amana, yawon shakatawa na bas, "Amana People: History of a Religious Community" na Peter Hoehnle, wasu abinci, da ci gaba da darajar ilimi. Mahalarta suna da alhakin masaukin nasu.
Don yin rajista ko don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Cibiyar Matasa a youngctr@etown.edu. Koyarwa a cikin ɗaliban Ma'aikatar da ke son ƙirƙirar kwas don ƙididdigewa su tuntuɓi masu ba su shawara. Ranar ƙarshe na yin rajista shine 15 ga Mayu.